Question: I am 79 years old and was diagnosed with post-polio syndrome a few years ago. I was originally diagnosed with polio when I was nine years old. On a follow-up visit to Rancho Los Amigos in Downey, California, the doctor I saw (different from the one I had previously seen) told me he wasn’t certain that I had ever …
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Is Fatigue a Symptom of Post-Polio Syndrome?
Question: I had polio at age three. I am now 67 years old. I have no movement from my waist down. I have severe scoliosis with a 95° curve. I have had two spinal fusions. I now have post-polio syndrome. I am so tired. I cannot seem to transfer or function as I have before. I sleep for much of …
Could Continuing New Muscle Pains After COVID-19 Infection Be Associated with Post-Polio?
Question: I am a polio survivor, age 76, in good health, active, and still working as an RN (not in hospital). I suspect I might have had COVID-19 in late January, with mild symptoms lasting only a few days—no fever but felt weak, fatigued, had a mild sore throat and a dry cough at the end. I was surprised since …
Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy and Post-Polio Syndrome
Question: In cervical spondylotic myelopathy there may be muscle weakness in lower limbs and gait disturbance, so it may be confused with a post-polio syndrome in a person who has had polio. Is there some information regarding the prevalence of this pathology in elderly patients who have had polio and how to diagnose correctly and not attribute the new weakness …